Scrubbing device.



C. H. CLARK.

SCRUBBING DEVICE.

APPUcAmN man APR.10,1914.

1 1 46, $308g lamented July 13, 1915.

' j improved device, Fig. 2 is an enlarged lon- CHARLES H. O FSPRINGElELD,

'SGBUBBINGY'DVICE Patented*,Tray-idiom;

-iSpeciie'irtioi; of Letters Patent.

T0 alliuhoihitimay chacra? l Be it known that I ,f CHARLE`s"HArNERCmmtya citizen of the `United States, residingfat'iSpringfield, in 'theAcounty of vClark j and'fSta'te of Ohio, have: `invente d certain newandjus'efu'l l lmprov'eme'nt's'ln Scrubbing Devices', offwhi'c'h "thefollowing is aspecil tication'f;l l g This 'inventionV comprehendscertain new andnxsefu'l improvements' in scrubbing-dev-icesndhis forits,primary object to pro7 wherein' astreanigof Watermay be forced.

th rou gliv 'a 'Soap contailni'ngV head and into `a cleaningclothsecured around said head.

""'-\not1e`r object is "to provide-'a devlcevv of this cliafrac'ter'linwhich the parts will be of'` extrem'ely'sinrple construction and the"head will befor'nledin tivosectin's', one of which pted to, have theclean'- is pe-rforatedfjand ada v v ing clotlrsecu'red,around 1ts`end;

A furtherob'ectlis'to provideadevice of,"

this character-jwhichf'inay "be, readily connected withfa'spigot o rthejlike and whiclr` may, if desired, include an auxiliary -sectionalsoapcon'tainer adjacent the splgot or other water supply` to which theydevice is connected.;

A stilll `further 'object to generally iigprove and simplify theconstruction and peration of devices of this character and'iI/rcreasethe efficiency thereof without incres ing the cost of the same.

wier 'mselfaaaa'feehra abject@ view asi will become more' apparent asthe descrip-K tion proceeds,A the invention consists in certain novelfeatures ofconstructlon, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed. v y

For a complete understanding of my 1nvention, reference is to be had tothe fo1' lowing description and accompanying drawings, in which,

Figui-je 1 1s an elevational v1ewof my gitudinal section thereof, thehandle being shown in elevation with the free-end thereof broken away,Fig. 3 `is a detail cross sec` tional view taken on the plane of line 3of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 -is an elevational view, partly in section showing amodified form of my device connected with'a spigot, and Fig. 5 is anenlarged detail longitudina section through the head andpartscarriedthereby.

reduced forward en d 2 of which is secured the t` from whichprpjects4the sleeve tQnvvhich 4 bularl portieri 3 ,of .the device, by vvhichf"the, innerv section 4 ofthe head is carried and iso' the flexible hose.6 if'ssecured, said sleeve 5,

c'mplet' head formed by the headsections 4 lthe outer-'head section l8and heldin position by means of a transversely splitringf12engaged'ar'ound the same and pressmgthe cloth in theannulargroove 10,: i,tbeing.11nf1 A derstod thatthe ring 12 isformed ofsuitforming the head in the tWo sections, as in the preferred form, theouter portion or end of the head is formed integral with the inner lormain portion thereof and is perforated, as shown at 15, the cloth 16being secured around the outer portion of the head by means of thetransversely split ring 17 serving to press the cloth or mop in theannular groove 18 formed `in the head, at a lsuitable''distanceinwardlyof the perforations 15. In this modified form, the tubular portion 14 issecured to the reduced portion19 ofthe handle 20, the sameas in thepreferred form, and the sleeve 21 projects at an angle from the tubularportion 14 and has the exible hose 22 secured thereto. The

"projecting at .ean .r angle' from said. tubular portion 3-of,thedevice,-' i yThe outer end jo the inner headsection 4 is threaded,asshwn.; a 7,..whereb the. foutersuhstantially semi-sphericalhea`sec-ition 8 ,inay be'fthrezaded.uponthesalne,` the D o 70,- l l and 8ybeinglpf sbstantially egg sha e and r 4 being adapted td contain soap,n ot s own),r the outer headsection 8 beingperforated, as l. shown' at 9whereby Water may be forced, y

"tubularjsec'tion 3 ofthedevice, ,throughthegf s V i head sections 4 and8 and out ofthe headf'by, a l:way ofthe' perforationsf), said 'waterlbei'ng .fr ff compelled tofy passfthe'` .Soap' Within'V the Ahead.

The outer head 1"sectionl Sjsfprovided with, 'an annular groove 1Q.`adjacentthe threaded edgeloffsaidv head' section, by pressingfthei.,-material of the head sectionl l8li11Waifdly, as i will be readily.understood; ...A cleaning' ,clpth or in op v11 "has y.one end secured.around hose 22, however, is connected with the jecting from the luppersemi-spherical section 25 of lthe auxiliary soap container 24,

' Y is the short connection 27 which connects u with the small portionof the funnel-shaped member 28 adapted for removable engagement with aspigot or the like 29.

From the foregoing, it will be clearly :pparent that l have provided ascrubbing evice which will be of extremely simple construction andoperation and which will be highly eicient and edective in use. lt willalso be apparent that if desired, the auxiliary soap container 24 may bedispensed with andthe flexible hose 22 connected with the shortconnection 27 or secured directly to a spigot or other water supply. Itwill further be a parent that many other minor changes -in t e detailslof construction and arrangement ofparts may be made within the scope ofthe appended claims without departing from the spirit of -my inventionor sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

. lt will be understood .that the auxiliary soap container shown in themodified form, may

' be of any shape desired.

prisin the opposite 'end of said tubular member,

@opten of this patent. may be obtained for y I* amarte said bead havinga perforated portion, a cloth engaged around said head and inclosing.the perforated portion thereof, means for securing the cloth inposition, a sleeve projecting from said tubular member, a flexible fluidsupply member secured to said sleeve, and a soap container positioned inthe path of said exible member.

'12. A device of the class described comprising a tubular member, ahandle engaged with one end of said tubular member, a duid dischargehead upon the opposite end of said tubular member, an arm projectingfrom said-tubular member, a hollow flexible member secured to said armand adapted to be connected with a source of water supply, and asectional spherical soap contalning member carried by said Hexiblemember.

3. A device of the class described comprising a flexible fluidconducting member, a seml-spherical soa container section carried bysaid flexible uid conductor, a second semi-spherical soap containersection connected with the rst mentioned section,

means carried by the last mentioned section for connecting the same witha source ot fluid supply, a tubular member, a discharge head can'ied bysaid tubular member, a

handle secured to said tubular member, and

' means for connecting the Hexible fluid conducting member to thetubular member.

lin testimony whereofl l aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

p CHAS. H. CLARK. Witnesses:

BURMEISTER, P. W. RUNYAN.

tive cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patente, Washington,EL C. n

